Saw another post about this post pusch period being a good time to spread some of that sweet class consciousness to the confused and frightened libs in our lives. What’s your best metaphor to explain class struggle and why it must be undertaken by all of us?

I wrote a long effort-post in c:writing on an analogy I felt was pretty good: untying a hose in a dark room to get a drink of water. You can read all of it here:

Part 1 https://hexbear.net/post/68740

Part 2 https://hexbear.net/post/68741

Part 3 https://hexbear.net/post/68742

Let me know if you have an even better one or if you have critiques on mine. Hope to hear some good stuff! Keep pushing those libs in your life till it’s nothing but comrades. o7

Edit: I feel I have been playing fast and lose with the difference between metaphor and analogy, and that, is pretty cringe. Self cancelling immediately.

  • Multihedra [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I have two analogies I’ve been working on.

    A) We see how police treat black and brown, and otherwise marginalized people more generally, in the US. The US is the de facto world police, and treat black/brown/marginalized countries the same way.

    B) We all know that we work harder than our bosses but get paid much less (this difference is even more stark with C-suite turds). The US is the de facto boss of the world economy, which functions the same way: as a country, the US siphons off exorbitant wealth for itself while people in poorer, more productive countries get little in return

    • LaBellaLotta [any]
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      4 years ago

      I like where you’re heads at. It’s fascinating the way in which we are surrounded by microcosms of the greater struggle the working people of the world are trying to engage in. I think if you told both of those as two parallel hypothetical narratives that could really bring the metaphor to life.